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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 729 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GARNET , See also:

HENRY; See also:DIGBY, See also:SIR EVERARD. (P. C. Y.) See also:GUN-See also:ROOM, a See also:ship See also:cabin occupied by the See also:officers below the See also:rank of See also:lieutenant, but who are not See also:warrant officers of the class of the See also:boatswain, See also:gunner or See also:carpenter. In the wooden sailing See also:ships it was on the See also:lower See also:deck, and was originally the quarters of the gunner.

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